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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1928

3,954 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 198

"Cheek of Him" Explosion at Council Meeting Visitor "No Further Heard"

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 1

Proceedings at Penrith Council meeting on Tuesday evening were as quiet as a funeral—till about 11 o'clock…

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Penrith Council Railway Union's Complaints a Soldier's Protest Station Street Job

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 7

The regular monthly meeting of Penrith Council was held on Tuesday evening, when there were present:—The Deputy-Mayor (Ald. F. Allen) and…

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S. Coast Distress Unemployment and Slackness Bulli Council Acts Bulli

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

Unemployment and intermittency have [?] many a village and once-prospects towns[?] on the South Coast. Especially is this [?] in the mining…

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Rugby Union for St. George New Club Possible Council in Favor

Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 2

THE Council of the N.S.W. Rugby Union has decided to recommend to the annual meeting that a team from the St.George District he admitted into the…

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Weed Poisoning Costly to Council Bullock Team Killed Glen Innes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 February 1928 · page 6

The Tenterfield Shire Council is several hundred pounds the poorer as a result of the successful claim lodged in the Glen lunes District Court by William Walter…

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£1000 Damages Lord Libels Alderman "Moral Degenerate" London

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1928 · page 1

Remarkable letters were read at the Herefordshire Assizes when Alderman John Riley, residing at Led bury, took action against Lord Garioch for libel,…

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Crooks or Not Why No City Council Exposures ?. Confidence Trick

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1928 · page 14

Said Mr. Bavin—in effect—before elections: "Sydney, poor old Sydney, with its million odd population, is being fleeced by grafters."…

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Feminist Humbugs and Hypocritical Slobber Mother Grundys Who Neglect Their Homes and Families to Prate Against Honest Newspapers Open Letter to the National Council of Women of Australia Ladies

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 February 1928 · page 4

If you were more energetic in the cause that mattered, I would have addressed you by the most majestic name known to man: "Women." As, however, your work—like your sentiments—is…

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Another Alderman Out

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 7

Following the resignation of Ald. Bratchell from Liverpool Council, because he was dissatisfied with the financial arrangements of the council…

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Aldermen Resign Liverpool Trouble

Evening News · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 9

WITHIN a few days of Aid Bratchell's resignation from Liverpool Council, Aid. Welfare tendered his resignation to the Town Clerk, Mr. Marsh. It is…

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Aldermen Resign. Trouble at Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 15

Following the reaignation of Alderman [?]ell from the Liverpool Council because he was dissatidfied with the financial arrange[?] of the council. Alderman J. Welfare…

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Crown Sells Unused Roads P.P. Board to Shire Council One Estate Includes 315 Acres

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 10

CARCOAR. -- A case of unusual interest to landholders was dealt with by the local Land Board at Carcoar. James Carr applied for permission to…

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Greater Brisbane. Municipal Elections. State of Parties Unchanged. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 11

The Brisbane City Council triennial elections were held on Saturday, under wretched weather conditions, with the result that the poll was a light one, despite the fact that voting…

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"Road Too Bad": Candid Alderman

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 11

"THE road [?] my home to the Council [?] is in such a condition that I consider it [?] dangerous for me to travel over at night, consequently…

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Ryde Council

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

At the last meeting of the Ryde Council Alderman Mars at question time asked that some early attention be given to Denistone-road. Eastwood, and…

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Mayor's Offer Money for Passengers Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 11

Miss Betty Ross Clarke, the actress, who was a passenger on the express which arrived from Sydney yesterday, 16 hours late, said the Cootamundra…

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Delegates Delayed Aust. Labor Council Congress

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 4

The delegates to the All-Australian Council of Trades Unions, which was to have assembled in Melbourne yesterday, will have to be delayed for a…

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"Pitiful State" M'ville Unemployed Council Anxious

Evening News · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 8

AT Marrickville Council last night, Ald. M'N[?] launched a bitter attack against the State Government, "for stopping necessary public workd,…

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Blacktown Show Application for Holiday Council Opposes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

Contrary to its practice in past years years, Blacktown Shire Council declined, on Tuesday afternoon, to approve of an application for the granting of a…

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Unions Council. Meeting in Melbourne Arbitration Bill. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 12

A special meeting of the executive of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions was[?] opened at the Melbourne Trades Hall [?] afternoon, but owing to floods in New South…

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